Wright's start and notes on Bundy and Tillman

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Mike Wright retired the first four Phillies this afternoon before Michael Saunders reached on second baseman Johnny Giavotella's error - it should have been scored a hit - and Tommy Joseph homered to left field.

Wright allowed two runs (one earned) and two hits in two innings. He threw 33 pitches, 26 for strikes.

Chris Dickerson hit a solo home run with one out in the third inning to reduce the Phillies' lead to 2-1.

Dylan Bundy makes his first exhibition start Wednesday against the Red Sox in Sarasota after tossing a scoreless inning in an intrasquad game. He's in camp as a starter from Day One. No talk of stashing him in the bullpen.

"I think he and Gaus (Kevin Gausman) are capable of going to another level because a lot of it we just don't know," said manager Buck Showalter. "Kevin, maybe a little moreso. They have some things in their resume now that lend to really being in a comfort zone to do what they're capable of doing without thinking about innings or past surgeries. No, Dylan's ready.

"There's always uncharted territory with every young pitcher. It may not be innings, but it might be the level they're pitching at. Everything is uncharted. That's what Gaus has kind of gotten behind. He's faced this competition. Dylan has a little bit."

Bundy logged 109 2/3 innings last season and the Orioles don't intend to slow-play him this season.

"It's really our eyes," Showalter said. "I thought Dylan toward the end of last season ... he'd never admit it. It wasn't showing up in velocities. It was just a little different crispness to his stuff. We're putting him at the back end when we get an extra day. We float him in the back. I'm not saying we won't get to that point this year, but it won't be at the front.

"If we get to the point where we won't have this guy in September and October if we don't back off a little, it might be miss a start before the break and be the last guy out after the break. There's a lot of ways to get around that if you have some vision about what's coming and what your eyes are telling you, not some graph that nobody can support statistically."

Chris Tillman is the leader of the pitching staff and he seems more comfortable showing it. He's not the quiet kid anymore, though he's still not going to raise the roof with his voice.

"Chris is one of those guys who's kind of a behind-the-scenes guy," Showalter said. "He's not in your face with it. He's going to be good at it because he's got a real pure heart about it. There's no agenda when he's talking to you. He just wants to help you and help the team. Because he's not one of those guys who's beating his chest and saying, 'Look at me,' his words carry more weight with the guys and he's got a really good presentation about it. He also understands the weight of his words. He doesn't use them callously.

"He knows he's turning into one of those guys. If you want to get a pulse for what pitchers are thinking, ask Chris. It's pretty accurate."

The Orioles signed left-hander Chris Jones, 28, to a minor league deal, according to Baseball America.

Jones pitched for Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk in 2013 and Norfolk in 2014 and 2015. He's 51-51 with a 3.80 ERA in 10 minor league seasons.